Working lunch on the EU Summit with Jurek Kuczkiewicz, the strategic adviser for communication and media of the cabinet of the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. The event was organised by the Polish V4 Presidency. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács attended the lunch.
Happy National Day to Belgium! (Click on the picture to whach the video.)
Talk about the special legal order and on the EU Summit.
Based on the decision of the Hungarian National Assembly the Hungarian Government has terminated the State of Emergency on 18th of June. As a result, from 18th of June Hungarian citizens, the citizens of the European Union and of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Serbia can enter into the territory of Hungary without any restriction and quarantine requirement (not valid for citizens of the UK). The same applies for third country citizens, who are family members of the categories of citizens mentioned above.
On behalf of the Embassy and our Office in Luxembourg we would like to extend our sincere congratulations to the Grand Ducal Family and the people of Luxembourg as well as to our governmental partners and to our friends in the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs on the occasion of the National Day of Luxembourg.
Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács and Colonel Gábor Erbán Defense Attaché have paid a visit in Herstal at Company Thales that supplies weapon systems to the Airbus helicopters of the Hungarian Air Force.
Our Embassy surprised the residents of the Résidence Bellevue Forest care home with some zserbó (sweet) and pogácsa (salty), as well as handcrafted masks.
Webinar for ambassadors on lessons learnt from Belgium’s Presidency of the UN Security Council in February. Axel Kenes, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mattelaer and Prof. Dr. David Criekemans, Senior Associate Fellows of the Egmont Institute informed the participants.
Meeting of the five Hungarian Ambassadors in Brussels (B5). Bilateral, EU and NATO topics on the menu.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence of Belgium, Philippe Goffin gave a briefing on the deconfinement measures and epidemiological situation in Belgium.